Flin Flon MLA Tom Lindsey says for the most part he thinks it’s a bad idea as School Boards provide some local autonomy.  He adds certainly for us in the north trying to combine School Boards makes it impossible for parents to talk to people that are looking after their schools and there’s no desire in those School Boards in the north to be amalgamated with anybody else.

Lindsey says education is vital to the future of youth in the province, and this is another case of the government being so focused on cuts they don’t care about people.

He went on to say he thinks the commission is a way for the government to say that any changes made will be by the experts and not by them.